Among 21 analysts covering Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC), 9 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 12 Hold. First Analysis raised Symantec from an equal weight rating to an overweight rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $28.00 to $40.00 in a report on Thursday.

Both investors and analysts are doubtful about the effects of the deal extension, with some suggesting it would have to be extended beyond the end of 2017 and others arguing that cuts won't do the trick because it is missing the point: US producers are boosting their drilling efficiency and lowering production costs, which results in sustainable profitability.

This was over and above allegations contained in the report that the Gupta family had received preferential treatment by Eskom, and were even "bailed out" by the power utility, where Eskom funded the family's acquisition of Optimum coal mines.

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Wall Street was expecting revenue of $158 million and net losses of $2 billion. However by that time, Facebook's users were already 552 million or over three times the number of Snapchat. On his first earnings call with investors, Spiegel sounded fairly relaxed. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel is "so arrogant" and needs to find some humility, CNBC's Jim Cramer said Thursday.

Its user numbers also came in light. In the three months that ended March, Snap reported first quarter revenue of $149.648 million, which marked a rise of 286% year over year, compared to last year's mark of $38.798 million. - but Instagram Stories took off. The slowing growth was blamed on Facebook's concerted efforts to mimic Snapchat's unique features, with Instagram's Stories feature outpacing Snapchat's own and reaching 200m DAUs.

This will allow the company to add more tools to Snapchat in the future. That said, the company behind the popular photo-messaging service is still on a plunge. But Facebook - which once offered $3bn to buy the business - has upped the ante by offering features similar to Snapchat on its platforms including Instagram and WhatsApp.

Under the deal, Coach says it believes the two complementary companies will realize about $50 million in synergies within the first three years of the deal closing. One of the world's leading fashion brands will soon be under new ownership. Kate Spade's stock was trading above the offer price at $18.95 premarket on Monday.

Snapchat floated on the USA stock market in March and in early trading saw its valuation rise above £25 billion. Snap said the number of daily active users grew to 166 million at the end of the quarter, a 36 percent increase from a year ago but just five percent higher than at the end of 2016.

House Transportation Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, R-Pa., said "there's something clearly broken when passengers have been treated the way they have", and he warned that if airlines to not take steps to reform their passenger policies, Congress would "and I can assure you, you won't like the outcome".

The company attributed $2 billion of its loss for the quarter to stock-based compensation expenses related to its IPO . Revenues were up almost four-fold compared to the same period a year ago at $149.6m but lower than the $158m expected on average by analysts.